Next AI
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
Next AI is a world-class founder and venture development acceleration network for AI-enabled startups. Founders can be part of the ecosystem from anywhere in Canada, following the program remotely or in-person from the Toronto or Montreal sites. Taking advantage of a renowned network of AI and business experts, Next AI provides support on both AIproduct development and market commercialisation. Each year, we identify the top early-stage teams developing ambitious AI-powered solutions and we provide them with the mentorship, education and network to have a global impact.
- Total investments:
- 96
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
- Fund size:
- $15M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Next AI invests in
Stages Next AI invests in
Countries Next AI invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Alexandre Borowczyk
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Raghavender Sahdev
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 49 (51%)
- Software 33 (34%)
- Machine Learning 30 (31%)
- Information Technology 22 (23%)
- Health Care 10 (10%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 79 (82%)
- Seed 9 (9%)
- Funding Round 3 (3%)
- Angel 1 (1%)
- Grant 1 (1%)
Country
- Canada 87 (91%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
- United States 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajay Agrawal
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Ajay Agrawal
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Alexandre Borowczyk
Participant - Montreal 2021 cohort
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Participant - Montreal 2021 cohort | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Benjamin Tuff
Startup Advisor & Mentor
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Startup Advisor & Mentor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Raghavender Sahdev
Alumini Representative
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Alumini Representative | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
ZippiAi
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Maintenance Co-pilot: Assisting engineers in daily troubleshooting and knowledge sharing. | Seed / Oct 10, 2023 | |
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ZippiAi
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Maintenance Co-pilot: Assisting engineers in daily troubleshooting and knowledge sharing. | Pre-Seed / Jun 16, 2023 | |
Aeroport AI
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Aeroport AI revolutionizes the aviation sector with cutting-edge automation, optimizing airside operations, mitigating delays, minimizing risks, and reducing CO2 emissions. | Sep 15, 2022 | |
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Aeroport AI
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Aeroport AI revolutionizes the aviation sector with cutting-edge automation, optimizing airside operations, mitigating delays, minimizing risks, and reducing CO2 emissions. | Non-equity Assistance / Jul 01, 2022 | |
Plakk
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Through the use of artificial intelligence and deep learning, PLAKK will revolutionize how researchers and clinicians characterize atherosclerotic plaques. By better understanding what the plaque is made of, we will be able to improve the prediction, treatment, and ultimately the prevention of heart attacks and strokes. | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
Sparkbay
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Sparkbay is an employee engagement platform. They offer a platform for employee engagement, employee retention, employee feedback management, predictive analytics, and surveys. Their platform allows human resource leaders to understand employee engagement in real time. | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
iagree.AI
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iagree.AI is a leverage artificial intelligence company that provides privacy policies and terms and conditions services. | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
Simmunome AI
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Simmunome is an artificial intelligence-based contract research organization. They develop industry-ready computational models of pathogenesis and immunogenesis of various diseases with a particular focus on oncology and the nervous system. Our models are achieved by annotating cellular interactions at an in-depth, comprehensive molecular level toattain physiological accuracy | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
LinguAI
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LinguAI offers clinicians and parents a saas platform that uses customized voice recognition for abnormal speech and a machine-learning algorithm for detailed error analysis in the speech samples. Through our platform, not only the diagnosis of speech-language disorders but also the remediation of these problems will be provided. | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
HookMotion
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HookMotion is a Canadian startup that aims to provide real-time data analysis for casinos. Using multiple image recognition techniques, our team makes it possible to gather table game statistics and detect fraud or errors. | Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
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FAQ
What does Next AI invest in?
Next AI invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 96 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Next AI?
The team at Next AI includes Ajay Agrawal (Co-Founder), Ajay Agrawal (Co-Founder) and Alexandre Borowczyk (Participant - Montreal 2021 cohort). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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